A BAYESIAN-APPROACH TO WIGGLE-MATCHING

''Wiggle-matching'' is a technique developed to provide calendar dates for a series of samples of known deposition rate using the now well-e stablished high-precision radiocarbon calibration curve. In this paper we describe how the technique may be formulated within the Bayesian f ramework for statistical analysis and thereby permit the incorporation of uncertainties regarding the deposition rate. The methodology is il lustrated by two archaeological examples. (C) 1995 Academic Press Limi ted